PENNSYLVANIA SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Thursday, September 20, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Lynn Swann or for Democrat Ed Rendell?
36% Swann
56% Rendell
2% some other candidate
6% not sure
2* OK… If the election for the United States Senate were held today would you vote for Republican Rick Santorum, for Democrat Bob Casey, Jr, .or for Green Party candidate Carl Romanelli?
39% Santorum
49% Casey
5% Romanelli
2% some other candidate
5% not sure
3* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:
|
|
Rendell |
Swann |
Santorum |
Casey |
Romanelli |
|
Very favorable |
28% |
20% |
27% |
19% |
4% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
36% |
40% |
21% |
35% |
18% |
|
Somewhat unfavorable |
21% |
23% |
20% |
25% |
22% |
|
Very unfavorable |
13% |
11% |
30% |
18% |
10% |
|
Not sure |
2% |
7% |
2% |
4% |
46% |
4*In terms of how you will vote this November, which of the following issues is most important… the economy, immigration, government corruption, national security, the War in Iraq, same-sex marriage, or some other issue?
28% the economy
12% immigration
13% government corruption
21% national security
18% the War in Iraq
2% same-sex marriage
2% some other issue
3% not sure
5* I’m going to read you a short list of issues. For each, please let me know which political party you trust more to handle that issue. First, national security. Which political party do you trust more on the handling of national security—Republicans or Democrats?
49% Republicans
41% Democrats
9% not sure
6*Fine…the War in Iraq…Which party do you trust more on the War in Iraq?
45% Republicans
45% Democrats
10% not sure
7* Okay… the economy. Which political party do you trust more on the handling of the economy—Republicans or Democrats?
41% Republicans
50% Democrats
9% not sure
8* Great…immigration. Which political party do you trust more on the immigration issue?
37% Republicans
38% Democrats
25% not sure
9*Okay…taxes. Which political party do you trust more on taxes?
41% Republicans
47% Democrats
12% not sure
10*Fine…Is the War in Iraq part of the war on terror or is it a distraction from the War on Terror?
51% Iraq part of War on Terror
41% distraction
7% not sure
11*Great…which is more important in terms of deciding how you will vote…a candidates political party or their individual character?
9% political party
87% character
4% not sure
12*Okay….how often do you discuss politics and current events with family, friends and neighbors?
6% rarely or never
26% occasionally
21% about once a week
24% several times a week
23% every day or nearly every day
0% not sure
13*Have you ever met your representative in Congress?
25% yes
71% no
4% not sure
14* How would you rate the job George W. Bush has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
27% strongly approve
19% somewhat approve
13% somewhat disapprove
41% strongly disapprove
1% not sure
15* How would you rate the job Ed Rendell has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
27% strongly approve
35% somewhat approve
19% somewhat disapprove
18% strongly disapprove
1% not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.